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  Atlanta
Andy Elko

Southern League (1885–1899)
Southern Association (1902-1961)

Nicknames

Firemen (1902)
Crackers (1903–1961)

Where They Played

Ponce de Leon Park (1907–1961)

Pennant-Winning Teams

Year  Won  Lost  Pct  Manager 
1885 66 32 .673 Gus Schmetz
1886 64 28 .696 Blondie Powell
1895 73 37 .664 James Knowles
1907 78 54 .591 William Smith
1909 87 49 .640 William Smith
1913 81 56 .591 William Smith
1917 98 56 .636 Charles Frank
1919 85 53 .616 Charles Frank
1925 87 67 .565 Bert Niehoff
1935 91 60 .603 Ed Moore
1936 94 59 .614 Ed Moore
1938 91 62 .595 Paul Richards
1941 99 55 .643 Paul Richards
1944 86 53 .619 Tommy Prothro
1945 94 46 .671 Kiki Cuyler
1946 96 58 .623 Kiki Cuyler
1950 92 59 .609 Dixie Walker
1954 94 60 .610 Whit Wyatt
1956 89 65 .578 Clyde King
1957 87 67 .565 Buddy Bates
1960 87 67 .565 Al Walker


Where They Finished


1st
2nd
3rd
4th
18
4
8
7
29.5% of the time in 1st place
6.6% of the time in 2nd place
13.1% of the time in 3rd place
11.5% of the time in 4th place
    60.7% in the top half 
5th
6th
7th
8th
10
4
5
5
16.4% of the time in 5th place
6.6% of the time in 6th place
8.2% of the time in 7th place
8.2% of the time in 8th place
    39.3% in the bottom half 

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1946              
1945              
1944              
1941              
1938              
1936              
1935       1949      
1925   1958   1947      
1919   1953 1961 1942      
1917   1937 1939 1929     1959
1913   1920 1934 1927   1955 1922
1909   1913 1930 1926 1951 1943 1918
1907 1951 1910 1923 1921 1948 1933 1912
1895 1940 1906 1914 1916 1931 1932 1911
1886 1924 1905 1903 1915 1908 1928 1896
1885 1904 1893 1898 1902 1892 1894 1889
1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th 

Notable Managers

Name  Years  Won  Lost  Pct  Pennants 
Paul Richards 1938–1942 442 320 0.58 2
Ed Moore 1934–1937 346 259 0.572 2
William Smith 1906–1909, 1913–1915 541 432 0.556 3
Kiki Cuyler 1945–1948 332 267 0.554 2
Charles Frank 1916–1919, 1921 344 303 0.532 2
Bert Niehoff 1924–1928 364 321 0.531 1


Notable Players

19th Century

Fred Ely
John Cahill
James Callahan
Walton Goldsby
William Goodenough
James Knowles
Blondie Purcell

1900 – 1909

King Bailey
Dick Bayless
Weldon Henley
Tommy Long
George "Dode" Paskert
Billy Smith
Charles Smith

1910 - 1919

Roy Moran
Scott Perry
Harry Welchonce

 

1920 – 1929


Clarence Blethen
Daniel Clark
Nick Cullop
Leo Durocher
Ray Francis
Wilbur Good (Goode)
Ben Paschal
George Pipgras
Jim Poole
Tom Sheehan
Carlisle Smith
Frank Zoeller

1930 – 1939


John Hill
Harry Kelley
Emil Leonard
Hugh Luby
Emil Mailho
Henry "Prince" Oana
Russ Peters
Tom Sunkel
Doug Taitt

1940 – 1949


William Ayers
Les Burge
Norman Brown
Lew Carpenter
Ted Cieslak
Lindsay Deal
Lloyd Gearhardt
William Goodman
Ed Heusser
Mel Ivy
Emile Lochbaum
Willard Marshall
Earl McGowan

1950 – 1960


Leo Cristante
Jack Dittmer
Art Fowler
Robert Hartman
Pete Richert
Richard Sinovic
Benjamin Thorpe
Gene Verble


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